November 2024 – Ranger Ramblings

The Nature & Wildlife Discovery Center recently partnered with the Pueblo Zoo and the Buell Children’s Museum for nature programming.

This spider is the goldenrod crab spider, or more generally, the flower (crab) spider. It is most commonly found hunting in flowers.

Unfortunately, most insects like moths are specialists, meaning they only eat one type of plant, and lay their eggs on these plants.

August 21-24 marked the return of the Outdoor Explorations Program to the NWDC River Campus for the 2023-2024 school year.

While many aspects of nature slow down in the colder months, we can still observe the many creatures that are still out and about.

Turkey vultures—gross but loveable creatures—have returned from their annual migration south for the winter!